An Interview and... a party? - 2

POV: Jason

I look around me, happy that I had at least a few seconds peace since it seemed like the ponies were waiting for me to say the first words. On the far left was a yellow and pink maned pegasus Fluttershy, next to her was a blue and rainbow maned pegasus Rainbow Dash, after that was and orange pony wearing a stetson on her yellow mane Applejack, next was Twilight Sparkle with paper and quill writing furiously, then an ivory and purple maned unicorn Rarity aannd lastly Pinkie Pie! They must have made an agreement of sorts... I half expected Dashie to already be shouting out questions by now. The ponies were sitting on pink cushions and all but Fluttershy were looking up at me expectantly.

"Ok girls I'm sure you all have plenty of questions and frankly I do-"

"Ever been in a race?" Rainbow dash shouted out, flying up closer to me get a better look. Get outta my face damnit.

I gave myself a few seconds, trying to wipe away the scowl now present on my face.  I spoke up with a little more bitterness in my voice then I has hoped, "Yes, Rainbow, I have and I'll thank you to get out. Of. My. Face." With the last four words I let a smile break apart my lips as I poked her in the nose each time thinking to my self, boop, boop, boop, boop, heh I just booped Dashie! After feeling awesome for a few seconds I came back to the real world and noticed that all six ponies were staring at me.  Thinking quickly I simply said, "what, don't tell me your name is the same thing as the color of your mane... If it is I think I'm beginning to notice a pattern here..."

My cover story seemed to work as all the ponies visibly relaxed.  Twilight put down her paper and quill and began to say something but was quickly cut off by Pinkie Pie.  "Oh! I know why don't you try and guess everypony else's names!  Twilight already told you her name so now you got three more to go!" At those words she pushed Fluttershy, Applejack and Rarity directly in front of me, cushions and all Huh... No friction... Useful!

I think to myself for a moment, planning how I'll do this as quickly and convincingly as possible.  "Ok... I guess I'll start with Ms. Shy over here." The ponies all gasp and even Fluttershy lifted her head up to get a better look at me. "What, don't tell me your name is shy..."

I heard a small, almost inaudible voice but I was ready for it.  "Uhm a-actually my name is Fluttershy, but you c-can call me Shy, I don't mind. I sneak a peek towards Rarity and notice she has a small trinket held up with her magic so I decide to make my next move.

I speak as if I'm replying to Fluttershy but be sure to glance over at Rarity.  "Oh, well that's pretty rare..."

I instantly hear a gasp as Rarity looks up at me beaming with pride, "oh why thank you but I assure you this little bauble is nothing close to.. Oh I suppose I gave myself away didn't I."

I turn towards her smiling and in a slight British accent I say "Why yes Rare, I suppose you have."  Return to my normal voice I continue. "Well, that makes four... lets see if I can get a penta... kinda like that time witha Applejack-"

"Now hold on a minute there pardner! I ain't never done... Oh, uhh... pardon..."  Applejack looks up at me sheepishly, realizing I wasn't actually talking about her, thus giving away her name.

Well, that was easy.  And the best thing is they think it was all dumb luck  "Right then,  so aside from Rare which I assume is a nickname I suppose that's everyone!"

"Quite right you are! My name is Rarity, fashion designer extraordinaire!"  I smirk at her oh so familiar display and take a bow

"Pleasure to make your acquaintance! Now then, I suppose it's about time for questions so why not make a game of it?  You'll all ask me questions and then after I respond you'll answer your own questions ok?"  They all nod so I continue, "now then, Twilight you seem to be on the verge of exploding so go ahead and say what you've be-" Ugh I hate being cut off...

"FINALLY! Okso before anything I need to get a really detailed description written down and into my notes because whats the point of writing anything down about somepony if you don't even know what they look like so I'm going to read off what I have and then you can fill in any blanks ok!"  She took a deep breath at the end of that, her voice clearly strained by the end of her remark.

After catching her breath she continues  "Ok, height unknown, weight unknown, lightly tanned skin tone with no visible hair aside from a light brown mane situated on the head and blond, curly hair on legs.  Two eyes with green irises, nose, mouth with red lips,” Uhmm...  “flat facial structure with a rounded chin, black shirt with what appears to be a teal flame design consisting of multiple wisplike flames, black shorts that cut off at the knees with a continuation of said flame design, black shoes and white ankle length socks.  Movement is bipedal with feet of an unknown length at the end of each leg for balance, claw like appendages at the end of each arm that are very...” Don't say what I know you're going to say “...soft and are an efficient way of causing relaxation in others."Damnit Twi now it's awkward to have hands.   “Also, there's nothing to suggest any magical capabilities or flight capabilities.

I sit there for a few moments, stunned at the in-depth description and rather unnerving description of my hands.  After what feels like ages I finally speak up and say, “I'm 5'10”, 130 pounds and my feet are about 10 inches long.  I'm fully capable of both flight and magic but you'll have to wait to ask me questions about either.  Aanndd I suppose it's about time to move on to the next question! Fluttershy you're up.”  Both Twilight and Rainbowdash let out a sigh upon hearing they'd have to wait to ask about my 'magic' and ability to 'fly' but I ignored it and motioned towards Fluttershy to continue.

Fluttershy looks up at me through her mane and says something I can't quite hear.  I move a little closer, asking her to repeat herself, “Oh uhm... Well you don't have to a-answer if you don't want to but I w-wanted to know if you have any pets.”

Oohhh this is gonna be good.  I hope they don't freak out too terribly much though.  It'll be nice to finally tell them what exactly I am too.  “Well he's not exactly a pet but I suppose when he was still a baby you could have called him that since he was completely reliant on me to survive for about three years.  The little bugger could hardly even walk until he was about two months old.  Anyway,  I have a king darkfyre dragon that was given to me as an egg by my father when I was four and was still too young to begin training.  He hatched on my fifth birthday and once we were old enough we were trained to become Guardians.  That's about the same time he stopped being a sorta/kinda pet and we became an inseparable pair of friends... Well for the most part anyway.  What about you?”

“Oh! I run an animal shelter and veterinary so I always have lots of animals coming and going. My assistant is my pet bunny Angel Bunny and I have a chicken coop” Ooh eggs... I hope “and there's other animals that stay with me all the time but they're not technically mine...”

Before I have the chance to say anything Applejack speaks up, “I need ta know somethin here pardner,  an pardon me if I'm speakin outta turn but what's Applejack where ya'll come from?” Hmm... So, do I dare bring alcohol to Equestria?  I say... HELL YES!

“Well Applejack, I suppose I'll answer that with a little demonstration.  I'll need to use a few items though is it alright if I borrow apples, yeast, and a barrel from somewhere?  I can summon them here myself, which I'm sure will answer any question Twilight has about my magic.”  Applejack gives me the okay to use anything on her farm and Twilight perks up, quill and paper at the ready.

"I'm all set to take notes! You can begin whenever you like."  I smile for a bit, give a slight nod towards Twilight and then proceed to focus the energies from with my body.  Using the essence that sustains my life to perform 'magic' as these ponies would call it, I reach out mentally finding Sweet Apple Acres and open a few portals, pulling apples through and depositing them within a cider barrel until its full.  As I pull the filled barrel to my location the ponies raise an eyebrow at its sudden appearance.

"I've never seen anypony teleport an item to them like that.  Can you tell me the process so I can write it down please?"  Twilight looks up at me expectantly, waiting for me to begin speaking.

“First, I created a bend in space, called a portal, that pulled the apples from the trees and placed them into this barrel.  Next I did the same thing pulling the barrel to where you now see it.   Now to actually create the Applejack I have to liquefy the apples and removing the seeds and stems, and then mix in the yeast so it ferments.  Fermentation is when the yeast takes sugar and converts it to carbon dioxide and alcohol. The next step is for me to throw up a barrier which separates one part of space from another that will allow the gases to escape while modifying the timescale of the barrel's contents so a day in the barrel equals a second outside of the barrel.”  I follow through with my instructions but soon I feel my energy reserves begin to wain so, focusing for the few seconds it takes the cider to ferment I gather up a small boost of energy.

“Now that that's done I need to remove the barrier, remove water in the solution so it's left at with a 40% alcohol content and finally transmute all of the yeast into complex sugars to improve the taste.  Transmutation is when I convert an item at the atomic level into something different.”  I follow through with my instructions once again and then, finally finished,  I pull a large sip of the drink directly into my mouth through a portal.  What I didn't expect was the taste to be so perfect.  It was sweet and offered a strong punch but the taste of the alcohol was barely noticeable.  It offered no bad taste and I felt as if I could just chug glass after glass of the stuff for days.

“This is by far the best Applejack I've ever tasted.  It's gotta be the apples cause this is exactly how I make it on my own.  Go ahead and grab some glasses girls.  You won't wanna miss this.  Don't drink more then a single glass though for about ten minutes. I don't know how resistant any of you are to the effects of alcohol and I don't want you to get hurt from drinking to much since it's toxic in large quantities.”

Finally finished with her note taking, Twilight uses her magic to pull seven mugs from her kitchen.  One by one she dips each of them into the barrel and places a newly filled mug in front of each person and pony.  I pick my glass up, raise it towards the ponies and instruct them to do the same.  Rarity and Twilight use their magic but the rest of them hold their mug with a fore hoof somehow.  We all clink mugs and Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and I all down our mugs in seconds.  Applejack takes a sip, checking the taste before downing hers, Fluttershy and Rarity takes small sips savoring the taste while Twilight takes large gulps every few seconds writing down notes on a piece of paper.  I open a portal refilling my mug with more Applejack and decide to take this one slowly.  Taking large sips to make it last longer.

After a few minutes Rainbow Dash tries to stand up but she ends up falling right on her flank.  Pinkie Pie starts laughing wildly and the rest of the mane 6 follow suit.  After a few seconds of trying not to laugh, I down whats left of my glass and join in the laughter.

"Ok guys I got my party cannon!"  Out of nowhere Pinkie appears with, ironically, a pony sized cannon.  She fires it and soon enough the library is covered in balloons, streamers, confetti and after firing it again at the table, enough snack foods to feed an army.

"Pinkie... You do know you just broke every single law of physics known to man right?"  I sat there stunned, staring at the pink party pony trying to wrap my head around how all of this stuff is here without any noticeable consumption of essence or use of creation powers.  She looks at me and winks, I give her a shrug suddenly not caring anymore and fill my glass again the usual way from the quickly emptying barrel.

As the party goes on everybody breaks into periodic laughter.  After playing a few games and everybody drinking more of the Applejack I made Twilight slowly crawls over towards me.  "J-J-Jaasoonnnn you never ssaid how goooodda we'd *hic* feeell... Ooohh that's new."  Twilight tried lighting her horn up but failed.  After a few attempts she shugs and drops her head into my lap, her face blushing and eyes lazily looking up at me.

"Rrrrunnn yourrrr handsss through my maneee again.  That felt gooooodd."  Not being one to disappoint I lift my hand off the floor which now felt unusually distant and twirled Twilights mane through my fingers.  She lets a sigh out and I start giggling quietly.

"Heh heh... Lavender... You're lavender colored and your mane spells like lavender...  Watch this!"  I place my other hand palm up just to the left of her face.  Focusing on my energies I begin to form my lifeblood into a physical shape, creating a bouquet of lavender flowers.  As I bring the flowers up to smell them I begin to feel a burning sensation in my head and soon enough my vision fades to black.